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 Dates: Thursday, May 4th through Sunday, May 7th

 Site: Fox Den Country Club, Farragut, Tennessee

 Course Architect: William Byrd (1969)

 Par: 72

 Yardage: 7,142

 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 536 Yds   10 - Par 5 570 Yds

               2 - Par 3 181 Yds   11 - Par 4 418 Yds

               3 - Par 4 393 Yds   12 - Par 4 377 Yds

               4 - Par 4 413 Yds   13 - Par 3 171 Yds

               5 - Par 5 549 Yds   14 - Par 4 368 Yds

               6 - Par 3 199 Yds   15 - Par 4 436 Yds

               7 - Par 4 436 Yds   16 - Par 3 212 Yds

               8 - Par 4 398 Yds   17 - Par 4 458 Yds

               9 - Par 4 430 Yds   18 - Par 5 597 Yds

                   -------------        -------------

                    36 3,535 Yds         36 3,607 Yds

 

 Annual: 11th

 1999 Champion: Jeff Gove

 Runner-up: Marco Dawson, Carl Paulson, Glen Hnatiuk

 Tournament Record: 261 (Tim Conley, 1993)

 54-Hole Record: 194 (Tim Conley, 1993)

 36-Hole Record: 128 (Tim Conley, 1993)

 18-Hole Record: 63 (Rafael Alarcon, 1995; Deane Pappas, 1996; Craig

                    Kanada, Gene Sauers, 1998)

 Course Record: 65 (Carl Paulson, 1999)

 Total Purse: $400,000

 Shares: 1st Place - $72,000; 2nd Place - 43,200; 3rd Place - 27,200

 

                             1999 Finish

                             -----------

 

 Player                Score              Player                 Score

 ------                -----              ------                 -----

 Jeff Gove              277               Guy Boros               279

 Marco Dawson           278               Patrick Lee             279

 Carl Paulson           278               Kris Cox                280

 Glen Hnatiuk           278               Craig Kanada            280

 Jason Tyska            279               Jim Estes               281

                                          Richard Zokol           281

 

              Past BUY.COM Knoxville Open Winners and Runners-Up

              --------------------------------------------------

 

 1999 -- Jeff Gove (277) -- Marco Dawson, Carl Paulson, Glen Hnatiuk

 1998 -- *Robin Freeman (270) -- Ryan Howison

 1997 -- Dave Rummells (271) -- Matt Gogel, Terry Price

 1996 -- Eric Johnson (272) -- Patrick Lee, Matt Peterson

 1995 -- *Tom Scherrer (275) -- Mike Sposa

 1994 -- Vic Wilk (275) -- Bill Murchison

 1993 -- Tim Conley (261) -- Jerry Haas, L.Silveira, Tommy Tolles, G.Whisman

 1992 -- #Brian Henninger (200) -- Curt Byrum, Tom Shaw, Rick Todd

 1991 -- #Frank Conner (198) -- Perry Arthur, Paul Goydos

 1990 -- #*Jeff Maggert (202) -- Greg Ladehoff

 

 * - Won in Playoff.

 # - 54-Hole tournament.

 

 Note: Formerly called Ben Hogan Knoxville Open (1990-92), NIKE Knoxville Open

       (1993-99).

 

                      Top Contenders in the Field

                      ---------------------------

 

 Mark Carnevale    - Former PGA player, was TV analyst last week in So Carolina

 Keith Clearwater  - Leads Tour in scoring, 4th in eagles, 1st in all-around

 John Elliott      - 11th on money list with two top-10 finishes

 Mark Hensby       - 2nd in scoring, 8th in greens in regulation, 2 seconds

 Tripp Isenhour    - 1st on money list, 2nd in birdies, 1 win, 3 top-five's

 Rob McKelvey      - Has one win and two top-10's, 5th on money list

 Brett Quigley     - Tied for 2nd last week to move up to 24th on money list

 Fran Quinn        - 7th on money list with one win in seven events

 Sonny Skinner     - Posted 1st top-10 of the year tying for 6th last week

 Chris Smith       - Tied for 2nd last week with final round of 66

 

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